If you’re looking for that perfect comfort meal for your family, look no further than Instant Pot Swiss Steak Recipe. We love using Round Steak in our Instant Pot. It's a great cut of beef that works well in this Swiss Steak Recipe.
Giving you that tender beef, tomatoes and an incredible flavor that can transport you back in time to childhood family meals around the table.
Not only is this Swiss Steak recipe easy to make, but it’s also one that can go great with other sides.
Most often paired with mashed potatoes and green beans, you can just imagine the comforting flavor and textures of scooping up a fork full of Swiss steak and mashed potatoes in the same bite.
Don’t think you’re limited on side dishes though!
As the chef in the kitchen, you can choose anything you want to pair with this easy Swiss Steak, including garlic roasted potatoes.
What are the ingredients in Instant Pot Swiss Steak Recipe?
- 1 lb Round Steak
- 4 Tbs Flour
- 1 teaspoon Season Salt (Lawry's)
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- 3 Tbs Cooking Oil
- 1 1lb Can Stewed Tomatoes
- 1 Stalk Celery
- ½ Cup Onion Diced
- ½ Green Bell Pepper
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- ½ Cup Beef Broth
- ½ Cup Cheddar Cheese Grated *Optional
How to make Instant Pot Swiss Steak
- In a Ziploc bag, combine your flour, seasoning salt, and pepper.
- Cut your meat into smaller pieces and place the steak pieces into the bag with the flour.
- Close and shake the bag well to coat all of the meat pieces.
- Set your instant pot to saute and wait until it reads “hot”
- Pour 3 tbs of cooking oil into the pressure cooker and make sure that it remains “hot”
- Now place your steak pieces into the hot oil and allow it to cook for 2-3 minutes per side
- When the steak is brown, remove the pieces and turn the instant pot off.
- Pour your can stewed tomatoes and your beef broth into the pressure cooker and scrape everything that is stuck to the sides and bottom. This is called deglazing and is a necessary step to remove all of the stuck pieces. Thankfully, they should all come up easily with a wooden spoon or scraper.
- Now add you steak pieces back into the pressure cooker
- Dice your celery, onion and slice your bell pepper
- Add the veggies to the pressure cooker
- Place the lid on your pressure cooker and set it to cook on pressure cook manual high for 25 minutes with a 10-minute natural release.
- You can serve this Swiss Steak over rice or with potatoes if you choose.
How to Brown Beef in your Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot
Browning Beef in your Pressure Cooker is easy to do using the Saute' button.
Wait until the pressure cooker reads "hot" and add a couple tablespoons of olive oil or vegetable oil.
Place your seasoned pieces of steak and allow to brown on all sides for 2-3 minutes.
What is the difference between Swiss Steak and Salisbury Steak?
Swiss Steak is a steak covered in a tomato-based gravy whereas Salisbury steak is made with ground beef, shaped into a patty and served with a beef broth brown gravy.
Can you Bake Swiss Steak
You can choose to bake Swiss Steak, but keep in mind that to get the tender results you’re looking for, the bake time will be significantly longer than if you were to cook it in your Instant Pot.
To make this Swiss Steak in your oven, you'll need to saute the steak on your stovetop and then transfer it and the other ingredients to an oven-safe dish.
Then cover and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
What to Eat with Swiss Steak?
While Swiss Steak is often served with mashed potatoes and green beans, you can choose anything you want to help switch it up.
Consider some garlic steamed spinach, a pasta salad, white rice, or some Garlic Parmesan Noodles.
What type of Steak is best for Swiss Steak?
Swiss Steak is traditionally made with thick pieces of beef round or chuck shoulder.
You can also use boneless beef chuck or bottom round. You can use thick steak or thin it out as you tenderize it through a process called Swissing (which is where the dish gets its name from.)
Do you grow Tomatoes in your Garden?
I always have an abundance of tomatoes from my garden. You can substitute fresh diced tomatoes for the Stewed Tomatoes in this Swiss Steak recipe.
Wash tomatoes and remove skins by dipping in boiling water for 45 seconds. Skins will peel right off. Then dice and substitute with all the juices in this recipe. YUM! I do like to add a little Salt and Pepper too.
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Swiss Steak
Ingredients
- 1 Lb Round Steak
- 4 Tbs Flour
- 1 teaspoon Lawreys Season Salt
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- 3 Tbs Olive Oil
- 1 1 lb Can Stewed Tomatoes
- 1 Celery Stalk
- ½ Cup Onion
- ½ Green Bell Pepper
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- ½ Cup Beef Broth
- ½ Cup Cheddar Cheese *optional
Instructions
- In a Ziploc bag, combine your flour, seasoning salt, and pepper.
- Cut your meat into smaller pieces and place the steak pieces into the bag with the flour.
- Close and shake the bag well to coat all of the meat pieces.
- Set your instant pot to saute and wait until it reads “hot”
- Pour 3 tbs of cooking oil into the pressure cooker and make sure that it remains “hot”
- Now place your steak pieces into the hot oil and allow it to cook for 2-3 minutes per side
- When the steak is brown, remove the pieces and turn the instant pot off.
- Pour your can stewed tomatoes and your beef broth into the pressure cooker and scrape everything that is stuck to the sides and bottom. This is called deglazing and is a necessary step to remove all of the stuck pieces. Thankfully, they should all come up easily with a wooden spoon or scraper.
- Now add you steak pieces back into the pressure cooker
- Dice your celery, onion and slice your bell pepper
- Add the veggies to the pressure cooker
- Place the lid on your pressure cooker and set it to cook on pressure cook manual high for 25 minutes with a 10-minute natural release.
- You can serve this Swiss Steak over rice or with potatoes if you choose.
- Melt cheese on top *optional
Notes
Nutrition Disclaimer
All nutrition values are approximate and calculated by a plugin and are provided as a courtesy. Adding or subtracting ingredients will change the nutritional value.
Sally
I want to try this with cubed steak! I recently ordered groceries and they sent me a family size pack of cubed steak in place of a small pack. Now I've got lots of the cubed steak in my freezer.
Thanks for the recipe.
Mary Disterhoft
I just finished making this minus the peppers. It is fabulous! Gotta make my potatoes now so I can put it in top of the potatoes.
Devour Dinner
Hi Mary, so glad you enjoyed Swiss Steak. We love it and it's so simple to throw together too.
Larry G.
I doubt 1lb of meat will be dinner for 4 servings. So, I did a little over 2lbs meat and doubled up on all the other ingredients.
The reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is due to the fact I had to add more flour to the liquid after cooking to make the sauce anywhere near being thick or like a gravy. The meat was tender, however it needed just a little something to give it a little zip - something to make it memorable.
Devour Dinner
Hi Larry, keep in mind by adding additional meat the natural juices are also added. I'm not surprised you needed more flour to thicken the sauce. Hope that helps!
Mary Disterhoft
Can't believe I forgot I made this before. I love it so much I need to double the recipe the.next time. Love it!!
Devour Dinner
Hi Mary, this recipe is a keeper. Truly a winning recipe. Thanks for the great review of Swiss Steak